Sunday, 2 May 2010


David has been a very busy boy. We've wanted to put brakes on the front for a while, and now it's been done. Putting brakes on wheels that were not designed for brakes is no easy matter. We've put on quite small twin, opposed-pot motorcycle brakes. The front tyres are too skinny for anything more. They will help with stopping and especially holding the car still when the rockets first fire up.

We've added a big chiller unit to the transporter, so now we can chill both the gases and the car itself. The colder it all is the better it runs and the safer the operation is.

We've also added more ballistic protection around the throttle area and under my backside.

That's just about all the jobs we wanted to get done before we take her out for a full four-rocket burn. As this is being written, we're trying to organise a date and location to be able to have the best crew available for a a private test,

We haven't yet decided which fuel combination we are going to run. The kerosene rocket has so much power, we may have to work up to running four of those.

So, sometime, in the next month, we'll see what she can really do!!

Fingers and toes crossed!

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